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Control by Eating
We have Allium triquetrum in our garden.
It's a very pretty plant and I originally introduced it myself. It's a wild garlic that's native to southern Europe. It grows well in dry shady corners and under trees. However, it is a little bit invasive. It isn't as bad as some plants, but it's spreading beyond where I really want it.
Having looked it up on Wikipedia, I'm pleased to confirm my guess that the plant is edible (all of it, bulb, leaves, even flowers). I'm already used to eating 'wet' garlic which we get from Riverford . Wet garlic is the normal kind of garlic, but much younger and you get the leaves as well as the bulb.
We also eat ransoms., which we get both from Riverford and our own garden.
Ransoms are also pretty and grow in shady corners. They are the native English garlic.
So, instead of trying to control the Allium triquetrum by weedkiller or anything else, I'm simply going to eat them until they're confined to the area where I want them!
It's a very pretty plant and I originally introduced it myself. It's a wild garlic that's native to southern Europe. It grows well in dry shady corners and under trees. However, it is a little bit invasive. It isn't as bad as some plants, but it's spreading beyond where I really want it.
Having looked it up on Wikipedia, I'm pleased to confirm my guess that the plant is edible (all of it, bulb, leaves, even flowers). I'm already used to eating 'wet' garlic which we get from Riverford . Wet garlic is the normal kind of garlic, but much younger and you get the leaves as well as the bulb.
We also eat ransoms., which we get both from Riverford and our own garden.
Ransoms are also pretty and grow in shady corners. They are the native English garlic.
So, instead of trying to control the Allium triquetrum by weedkiller or anything else, I'm simply going to eat them until they're confined to the area where I want them!